Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Buddy Knox	That's Why I Cry	ST (mono)	02:00
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Black Brows Dark Brown Eyes	Ukrainian Pops	02:31
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	I Loved a Widow	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	04:33
Jonathan Edwards	Sailboat	Sailboat	03:08
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Matt Lucas*	The Old Man	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	02:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	We the People	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Born Under a Bad Sign	Fear Itself	03:33
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Wedding March	Ukrainian Pops	04:09
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Halya Несе Галя Воду	Ukrainian Pops	01:56
Albert Jones*	She Lost Her Faith	The Facts of Life	03:47
Alpha Centauri	You Shot Me Down	ST	05:43
Jack Holland	You Don't Have to Love Me	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:13
Buddy Knox	Rock Around the Clock	ST	01:53
Matt Lucas*	I'm Movin' On	The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On	03:05
David Amram	The Mountain Song	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:15
Zambonis*	Haunted Hockey Rink	To Bleed Black and Gold	01:09
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:55
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	Honky Tonk Woman	Love Serenade	03:30
Mike* Ferro	Soldier In The Rain	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	03:20
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Good Time Blues	Shirley Lewis Show Band	03:10
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Priscilla* Rollins	Letter to Mommy & Daddy	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:39
Oscar* McLollie	The Way You Do the Things You Do	ST	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Say a Single Word	Everybody Needs It	03:49
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Ellen McIlwaine	Weird of Hermiston	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	05:06
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Zambonis*	The Greatest Season	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:22
Oscar* McLollie	Buried Alive	ST	04:12
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Ellen McIlwaine	Cure My Blues	Everybody Needs It	04:14
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Halya Carries the Water	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	05:08
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Ellen McIlwaine	All to You	We the People	03:06
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	I See Your Face Before Me	And I Love Her	02:15
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Ain't No Two Ways About It (It's Love)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:26
Aarons And Ackley*	Devil Song	ST	03:00
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Forward	War War War	04:42
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	I Will Go Into The Distant Mountains	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
David Amram	Deep South Evening Light	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:22
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Jack Holland	You Can't Make a Dancer	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:51
Ellen McIlwaine	Hang On to a Dream	Everybody Needs It	03:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Joe* Glazer	We Shall Not Be Moved	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:04
Ellen McIlwaine	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angel	02:38
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Ellen McIlwaine	For Suki	Fear Itself	02:47
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Black Eyes (Ship of)	Amist the Black Eyes	03:55
Buddy Knox	Rock Your Little Baby to Sleep	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Losing You	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:22
Oscar* McLollie	Like to Live the Love	ST	03:23
Dave Gordon & Kay*	I Love That Hockey Team	I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow	03:07
Jonathan Edwards	Never Together	Sailboat	02:09
Aarons And Ackley*	Oh What a Good Time	You And I	02:50
Matt Lucas*	Massage Parlour Blues	Matt Gets Blue	03:53
Zambonis*	Boom Boom Boom	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:07
Aarons And Ackley*	Swanee Song	ST	02:48
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Jonathan Edwards	Let the Rough Side Drag	Sailboat	03:00
David Amram	Alfred the Hog	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:19
David Amram	Old Man and the Children	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:48
Buddy Knox	Rock-a-Billy Walk	ST	02:15
Jack Holland	There's More to Come	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:30
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Matt Lucas*	The Last Song	Matt Gets Blue	03:25
Ellen McIlwaine	The Last Good Man in My Life	Ellen McIlwaine	03:25
Aarons And Ackley*	Lay Me Down	ST	02:47
Happy Dolls	Misty Blue	Show Album No. 1	03:43
David Amram	Greasy Spoon	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	03:25
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Two Little Oaks On a Mountain	Ukrainian Pops	01:29
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
Ellen McIlwaine	Money Can't Save You	Ellen McIlwaine	03:22
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Joe* Glazer	A Douglas for Me	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	01:12
Zambonis*	Mind Like a Playgroup	To Bleed Black and Gold	03:36
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	It Only Takes a Moment	And I Love Her	02:08
Jack Holland	Sylvia	The Eyes of a Dreamer	03:18
Yukon*	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia b/w Genius	05:28
Alpha Centauri	Love Only You	ST	04:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Fear Itself	03:23
Rod Linnell with the Maritime All Stars	Presque Isle Eighth	Three Quarter Promenade // Presque Isle Eighth	03:09
Happy Dolls	Drum Solo	Show Album No. 1	05:14
Oscar* McLollie	She's a Child	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:02
Joe* Glazer	Solidarity Forever	A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)	02:02
Ellen McIlwaine	Underground River	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:54
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Cal* Bostic	Excessive Love (Cal Bostic)	Introducing...	03:33
Jonathan Edwards	How About You	Sailboat	03:28

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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